ROBsessed Fiction Friday Giveaway!

It's the official release day of my second novel, SEPTEMBER RAIN. You, reader, may recall. I might have mentioned it once or twice. But todays' giveaway is being hosted by the uber-wonderful--and if you're like me--frequently visited ROBsessed blog. Of course, May is Rob's birthday month (MINE TOO!)so they're giving away TONS of books this …

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September Rain Releasing 5/15

(Singing) "Tomorrow! Tomorrow! I love ya, tomorrow" . . . Yeah, it was a little cheesy. It gets the point across, though. Jokes aside. I am pretty happy because my second book is out tomorrow!!! And I've got a few blog tour dates lined up with super awesome, wonderful bloggers like: Kendra Ayers, Deranged Writers, …

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Songs That Inspire . . .

As I have blogged many times before, music is a major influence on my writing. Below are the lyrics to THE song that inspired the original plot to my upcoming novel, September Rain! It's a lovely and unusual song written and performed by my favorite Indie band, The Accident Experiment. Hello dear, my Holy cure, …

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Writing, Well Babbling About It Anyway . . .

Music has always played a huge part in my creative process. I can hear a song like, I Never Told You what I Do For A Living, by My Chemical Romance .  .  . .  .  .  and come up with a really awful bad guy type character and then build on that by asking …

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Don’t Forget…Enter the Giveaway at Robsessed! You Could Win Darnay Road and Finding My Thunder!

It’s alomst here!

Just a quick reminder that the SYNC/Audiofile summer "YA Lit for your earbuds" is almost upon us! MAY 7th . . . That's this Thursday! Every week this summer you can download two free audiobooks. They are offered in pairs, one YA  title and one classic title. So grab your headphones and don't forget to …

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The Wrong David will be free tomorrow.

Heads up! I'm reblogging this post because I've read The Wrong David by Christa Wojo and it's really good. Its also free tomorrow! Read on for details....

Flash Fiction

A Beacon for the Metaphorical Penis Chapter 5 It had been too long since Dee updated her blog. It wasn't that she was running out of dating advice on how to stay away from the wrong kind of guy--the douche bags, the dickheads--but more that Dee could not get that damned conversation out of her …

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Sneak Peek

In honor of my latest book release, September Rain out 5/15, I'm posting a snippet from the manuscript. I was going to write this big introduction but then realized this scene is self explanatory . . . Jake was anxious for me to meet his mom. He’d planned to introduce me several times, but I …

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Book Review: After by Anna Todd

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This is my first book review. On my blog, that is.

HappyDance2The book is titled After, by Anna Todd.

AfterIt is the first in her After Series . . .

Book One: After

Book Two: After We Collided

Book Three: After We Fell

Book Four: After Ever Happy (Releasing February 24th!)

. . . which is apparently a major success, so far. But, me being the ignoramus I am, don’t pay much attention to trends. I heard about the book series on the Robsessed blog that I regularly visit because . . . well, because I love Rob Pattinson (who doesn’t?)

So needless to say, I went into this book having no idea that it began as FANFICTION.  Not only fanfic, but One Direction fanfiction. I have nothing against boy bands– I’ve loved the New Kids On The Block (random-braggy side note: Donnie Wahlberg follows me on…

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